Improvement in pocket-cutlery



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Letters' Patent No. $5,211, lated lDecember IMPROVEMENT INPOCKET-CUTLERY.

This Schedulexeferxed to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

and exact description of the saine, and which' said drawing constitutesIpart of this specification, and represents a section through the handle,the blade open.

This invent-ion relates to an improvement in pocket or spring-cutlery,the object being to` avoid the rivets.

generally used for securing the spring, and thereby` make theknife moredurable; and Y The invention consists in forming a recess through theback ,of the handle, of a dovetail-form, and at a distance from theelid, and forming, uponbne end of the spring, a correspondingdovetail,which shall set into the recessformed in the'back of thehandle,and extending `along the handle to beneath the blade, so that,` when theblade is inserted above the spring, the spring is secure irr itsposition, and cannot bc removed, except by the removal of the blade, andthis is done without the use of rivets. or other security.

, In order tn .tlie clear nnderstandingof my invention,

- I willfully describe thc same, as illustrated in the ac company'ugdrawings.

in which the scale and back are formed from the same metal.

In rthe back I forni a recess, as at C, and the end of the spring D, Iform to correspond to the said recess, with' a shoulder, as at, a., toforni a bearing or fuleruin for the spring, and the spring extendingalong beneath the blade, with a projection there formed, as at d, to setinto a corresponding recess in the-back, as

the spring and back, along' its suaee, between the shoulder c andrecess' d. so as to allow the depression ofthe spring The bladeAisinserted into the handle, and pivoted in the usual manner, 'the springoperating, when .the blade is turned, asin lzuives of commonconstruction.

Having thus-fully described my. invention, VWhat I claim as newanduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The'sp'ring D, constructed as described, and secured to the back by adovetail projection, C, and resting upon a shoulder, c', and combinedand arranged withtheblade, so'as to operate in the manner specified.JOHN GARREER. Witnesses:

J. H. SHUMWAY A. J. Tnnnfrs-- Y This invention is designed moreespecially for handles iiilly shown in the drawing, a space being leftbetween

